Utopia Creek Placer

The Utopia Creek Placer is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Utopia Creek Placer

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Antimony
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Tertiary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska
District: Hughes

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: L. Mcgee

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1915
Year Last Production: 1952
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: AU: .07-1.3 OZ./TON
Analytical Data: A TETRAHEDRITE-BEARING SAMPLE CONTAINED AS MUCH AS 21 OZ PER TON AG
Analytical Data: ZN: 3,000 PPM.
Analytical Data: PB: 2,000 PPM
Analytical Data: CU: 1,500 PPM

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Barite
Unknown: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): PAYSTREAK IN UPPER VALLEY SOUTH OF CENTER OF VALLEY. GROUND HANDLED SAID TO BE AS MUCH AS 25 FEET DEEP. PAY STREAK INFERED TO BE 3-4 MILES LONG BY LENGTH OF TAILINGS MARKED ON MELOZITNA (D-2).

Comment (Location): USGS MF-396, LOC. 3. PLACER MINE AND TAILINGS MARKED ON MELOZITNA (D-2). COORDINATES GIVEN FOR SETTLEMENT OF UTOPIA. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): PLACER MINING FROM 1915 TO 1936 WAS SPORADIC AND SMALL SCALE. LARGE-SCALE NONFLOAT MINING BEGAN IN 1938 OR 1939 AND CEASED IN 1952.

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Geology): AN ENE TRENDING FAULT ZONE IS LOCATED 1-2 MILES SOUTH OF UTOPIA CREEK. CREEK DOES NOT DRAIN CONTACT ZONE OF INDIAN MTN. PLUTON. ; MAJOR.UNITS: BEDROCK IS SLIGHTLY METAMORPHOSED CRETACEOUS ANDESITE CUT BY FINE-GRAINED FELSIC INTRUSIVE BODIES. ; REG.COM: SOURCE OF METALS AND BARITE MAY HAVE BEEN TETRAHEDRITE-SPHALERITE-GALENA-BEARING VEINS IN ANDESITE.

Comment (Deposit): STREAM GRADIENT ABOUT 200 FEET PER MILE AT HEAD AND APPROXIMATELY 75 FEET PER MILE AT THE MOUTH. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-396 (D-2), LOC. 3

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 933-A, P. 47

Reference (Deposit): USGS C 570, P. 3-5.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 81-847A, P. A9.

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